Located on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, TX, the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum is the largest history museum in Texas, with more than 285,000 square feet—and over two million artifacts—dedicated to preserving this area’s past. PPHM offers visitors a chance to step into panhandle history with special exhibits, a permanent collection, Pioneer Town, cell phone tours, educational tours and special events. For more information about PPHM please visit www.panhandleplains.org .

The room recreates a bedchamber from a house originally located in Alleyton, Texas and built in the second-half of the 19th century. The painted stenciled decoration featuring intertwined scrolls is in the ornate rococo revival style fashionable during that time. Painted interiors were popular in central Texas where large numbers of German and Czech immigrants settled. Another architectural feature found inside houses from this region is the use of wood sheathing instead of plaster walls. The bedroom contains furniture made or used in Texas.

The Caverns of Sonora is located on Interstate 10, about half-way between Big Bend National Park and San Antonio Texas. We are located 15 miles southwest of Sonora, Texas and the Caverns is a great place for people of all ages to experience the wonders of nature.